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I " 1 39 =s- .1 .15 ral ~ , , 42 ,;,. 1 ... , 1 , op I v , ill ,•-... ~„ . 1 4ii,...1k,,,,, ~ '', S ~,, : ' ..—, journals are, to say the least, greatly exagger: -1 11 V, Vet t. .4.. • I f ~:.' I - -----:-----,.. ~,,, ,„ - ~. t ,v, i - .. , ~,,,- „ , „,;,,,,..,, 4 , I ..., i 4 , , in some instances, the results have bee whit m. • , -0 • . 1 0.4.10 ...c ~.,..---i_E-__,,l---..,,z..ti: ~, / 1 , ~ .4 • . -St- failure. Mr. Papincau is, from all I can learn, losing ground'. ..:-. 4 _, 4 t:, i Al ' Tl ' ‘..„, '`.".' ' 4111110. -- .4,,,,q ../. -7 '. ff 41-"jr : "I' /..4 1 / ‘,.., .. - OR .-- A,.-.'' ' ' -v .E . ,.. , a2...7____* _.," "'"" 1 ' ./' ..• .. . 1 . ~ ,,k iez - . - . P. - , 3t : ....., ,IN ' I , .4. , ...M.' , 7?;) N ~ 17' iiirtj - -. -4, _ , -,:k ta w, k ,.v..f h „. . a ciik -fit 0 ...ovi. ---...:p. ..., i, , ~ Ri l l : .,.. Aw ,. , ,, The country is quiet. Though I shluld imagine that &In . . - , --:‘:!!•, 4—,. : ,/ I) I : 1 5k , k4,,,..c...c_ Papineau's party have emissaries employed in yal olls three- WITH WHI PORATED. . tions working mischief it r equ i res caution and vigilance ; but I do not see any ground for apprehending anything like serious commotion. LONDON., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1838 No. 14,144. PRICE sd. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JANUART 3, 1835. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HER MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that they are ready to dispose of to such Persons as may be willing tc Tender for the same, a Quantity of UNSERVICEABLE IRON ORDNANCE, Howiteers, Carronades, Old Wrought and Cast Iron, Shot, Shells, &c., in Store, at the Royal Arsenal at Wool wich, which have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed upon application to the Storekeeper at that place any day ( Sundays ex cepted) previous to the day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders. A Catalogue •f the several Lots may be obtained by Pei-sous willing to become Purchasers, at the Storekeeper's Office, Wool wich, anti at the Secretary's Office, in Pall-mall, where the Tenders for the whole, or any number, of the said Lots, are to be delivered on or before Saturday, the 3d February next. By order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. PARLIAMENTARY RETURN. which time and experience have developed in the laws and in stitutions of the province, or in the administration of its Go vernment. You will assure them of a prompt attention on the part of his Majesty's Government to every representation w hi c h may proceed from them, tending to effect improvements of this nature, calculated to strengthen the connection subsist in' between this country and Lower Canada, by the promotion of the welfare and the interests of all classes of his Majesty's subjects in the colony. I trust also that you will be enabled to appeal to the alterations which may have been made in the composition of the Council, as a proof of the s i ncer i ty w i t h which his Majesty's Government are disposed to carry into effect the intentions which they have expressed on this head. No. XXIV. AFFAIRS OF CANADA. COPIES OF EXTRACTS OF CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS OF LOWER CANADA. No. IV. No. VIII. EXTRACT Or A DESPATCH PROM THE EARL OP DOMED TO LORD OLFINELO DATED CASTLE ST. LEWIS, 18TH APRIL, 1837. . _ I see no chance whatever of any serious commotion here in consequence of your proceedings ; however, you may rely on my taking every precaution. As to armed resistance, I se e no ground for apprehending anything of the kind. I shall act with all possible vigilance ; at the same time avoid all de monstration of alarm. AT a MEETING of REFORMERS, h e ld a t the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross, on Thursday, the 4th day of January, 1834. CHARLES AUGUSTUS TULK, Esq., in the Chair. The Reformers assembled at this Meeting have witnessed with Zegret the existence of a confederacy, haring for its object the col lection of a Fund, designed to frustrate the exertions of the Liberal Conatituenciee at the late General Election. This eonfedoracy is enly the continuation of a system avowed by the Tory Press, and acted upon by the Tory party during the late Elections, of contest ing seats, not with any expectation of success, but with the single object of involving the popular party in enormous expense, and laying the grounds for future vexatious petitions. The defense of the seats thus vexatiously assailed, to be effective, will necessarily require a great expenditure. This Meeting, with out hesitation, aid confident in the success of the appeal, calls upon British Reformers to aid in resisting the attempt to break down popular Constituencies, and, by unconstitutional means, to gain a Majority in the Commons House of Parliament. Resolved unanimously —That this Meeting, although deprecating the principle of public subscriptions for prosecuting or defending election petitions, especially the Spottiswoode Subscription in England for wholesale attacks on the Irish returns, deems it abso lutely necessary, in self-defence, and to uphold the Liberal Cause of the United Kingdom, to institute an immediate and active counter subscription, strictly and solely to maintain the seats of Liberal Members of Parliament, now endangered by Tory Associations and notorious public subscriptions. 2. That on these grounds of necessary self-defence this meeting urgently ealls on the Reformers throughout the United Kingdom to promote subscriptions. 3. That the following gentlemen constitute a Committee of Ma nagement, viz. —Charles Augustus Tulk, Esq., William Ewart, J. E. Bl un t, E sq ., J . E. Hovenden, Esq., John Melville, -c•"1.9,* with power t o a dd t o th e i r num b er . 3. That circulars be immediately sent to the Reformers and Liberal Associations throughout the United Kingdom, requesting their zealous co-operation in the object of this meeting. 5. That subscriptions be received at Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., 62, Threadneedle-street ; Messrs. Ladbroke, Kingscote, and Co., Bank-buildings ; Messrs. Cocks and Biddulph, 43, Charing-cross; Messrs. Boaverie and Co.s 11, Haymarket. (Signed) C. A. TULK, Chairman. J. E. HOVENDEN, Hon, See. and Chairman of the Committe of Management. ST. PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX. AT a PUBLIC MEETING o f th e I n h a bit ants held on Wednesday, January 10, _lB3B, The CHUROHWARDENS presiding, Resolved unanimously 1. That the policy to be pursued by any Government in reference to its Colonies, should be one of conciliation, securing to the people all the advantages, rights and liberties of an independent local Go vernment. 2. That notwithstanding the grievances under which the Canadians labour have been long known to the British Go vernment, and to a great extent admitted some years since by a Report of a Committee of the House of Commons, no remedial measure has been conceded to them, while the Resolution proposed by Lord John Russell, and adopted by the two Houses of Parli ment in April last, authorising the Receiver -General to apply the Revenues of the Province towards the payment of the arrears due on account of the established and customary charges of the Ad ministration of Justice and of the Civil Government of the Pro vince, is an act of tyranny in so much as it is in violation of a constitutional privilege exercised by the House of Assembly when it resolved on stopping the supplies until their grievances should be redressed. 3. That this Meeting views with regret the indifference shown by her Majesty's Government towards the redress of admitted grievances under which our fellow subjects in Canada labour ; thereby causing the people to fall back upon the only resource left —that of self-defence against oppression. 4. That petitions to both Houses of Parliament be preparvd e calling u t Jon the Legislature to make provision for redressing th grievan ces un d er which the people of Canada labour, by acceding to such changes in their constitution as may be suitable to the intelli gence of the Canadian people, and according to their wants and wishes ; and that such petitions be signed by the Churchwardens on behalf of the Meeting. 5. That the petition to the Lords be confided to Lord Brougham for presentation, and that to the Commons to Sir S. Whalley, and that Mr. Hall be requested to support the prayer thereof. JOHN AP GAHEY, Vestry Clerk. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY CONTRACT FOR WORKS. NOTICE is hereby given, that WORKING PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS of an IRON BRIDGE, intended to bo erected over the Regent's Canal, and of certain other Works con nected therewith, may be INSPECTED on appliCation to John Braithwaite, Esq., the Company's Engineer, at their offices, No. 4, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, any lawful day after the 11th inst., between the hours of 11 and 4, and that the Directors will meet on Tuesday, the 30th of January, at 12 o'clock noon, to receive tenders for the execution of the said bridge and other works. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender, and will require security for the due execution of that of which they may approve. By order of the Board, J. C. ROBERSON, Company's O ffi ces, Adeliade-place, London-bridgTe. Sec. Jan. 4 1838. GEO RGE EDMONDS TO THE TRADES' UNIONS, OR WORKING CLASS ASSOCIATIONS. As long as " Combinations" of capital and of professions are permitted by law, Combinations of Labour and of Trade must be allowed. Attorneys " combine," by Act of Parliament, not to take more than " two" apprentices, nor less than as. Bd. for fees of attendance ; Surgeons, 55., &c. ; Bakers " comiline" not to take less than a certain rate:for bread, ice. By taking oaths, and acting secretly, however, a handle is afforded for misrepresenting your lawful acts by the general odium and distrust attached to all secret proceedings. Avoid the unnecessary, and therefore the wrong. It is not enough or right to say, the Masters of this or that place have reduced wages " tyrannically" to the amount of 6s. or ss. The preceding point which, by examining the profits of the trade in question, at the place in question, we must ascertain k. _ . ' Ca* th• emplena, as a body, live, or carry on trade, without the redueticw pro,)osed ?" Are the employers, "as a body," in the particular place livin g in increased l uxury ; w hil e you are d y i ng in increasing misery? Then must you cry " tyrants." If not, then employer and employed mast " combine," and insist on investiga tion of the distress by the Government. " Deciding" that the French majority is quite justified in armed murderous attacks on our fellow countrymen, the British minority in our Canadian con quest is wrong ; we have not yet sufficient evidence of the merits of the question. To support revolt spitefully, right or wrong, with out evidence, is acting towards the Aristocracy as you accuse the Aristocracy of acting towards you—that is from prejudice and pas sion, similar to the present prejudiced Aristocratic attack on your lawful combinations. See the " Democracy" judge without evi dence, will your foes excl a i m —Th e " workmen " in Glasgow were not right in hastily deciding about Canada, Therefore will the cunning say, the " workmen" rust necessarily be wrong also about combination. Be just—be just—be just. Next Monday I write again. SOCIETY for the DISCHARGE an d RE LIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS, throughout ENGLAND and WALES, established 1772. PRESIDENT—The Earl of ROMNEY. Lord K enyon •ICE - PRZSIDENTS. Sir Francis Burdett,T3art.,M.P. Rightllon. Sir R. Peel, Bt. M. P. Charles Ed war d Pi gou , E sq. Ta. aAsuann—Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., F. R. S. AUDITORS —John Pepys, Esq. and Colin Mackenzi e , E sq . At a MEETI NG of GOVERNORS held in Craven-street, on Wednesday, the 3d day of January, 1838, the cases of 114 Petitioners were considered, of which 81 wore approved, 12 rejected, 10 and 11 deferred for inquiry. Since the Meeting held on the 6th of December, 1837, ONE lIUNDRED and FORTY-NINE DEBTORS, of whom 121 had Wives and 334 Children, have been discharged from the Prisons of England and Wales ; the expense of whOse liberation, including every charge connected with the Society, was 5941. 1 Is. Id., and the following BENEFACTIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST REPORT: John Richard Baker, Esq. 2 0 The R everend C. B. Charlewood A Samuel G urney, Esq 20 0 0 A Lady at Ri chmond, per Treasurer 0 0 Robert Herries, Esq. Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co A 5 5 0 Crowley Millington, Esq Thomas Sergeant, Esq. Joshua Watson, Esq A 2 2 0 John Moore, Esq., per Messrs. Hoare and Co. Andrew Macklew, Esq., ditto 4. 2 2 0 Mrs. S. C. Cholmeley, ditto J. S. Caldwell, Esq., per Messrs. Coutts and Co A 2 0 0 Benefactions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., the Treasurer, No. 1, Brick-court, Temple; also by the following Bankers :—Messrs. Cocks, Dorrien, Drummonds, Herries, Ham tnersleys, Hoares, Whitmore, Veres; and by the Secretary, C raven -street, Strand, where the Books may be seen by those who are inclined to support the Charity, and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in every Month. JOSEPH LUNN, Secretary. STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY, insti tuted in the year 1785, fir Visiting and Relieving the Sick and Distressed Poor at their own Ilabitations, in London and its vicinity. The Committee feel it their duty at this inclement season of the year to urge upon the benevolent public the claims of the suffering poor, for whose relief this institution is established. The past year has been one of almost unprecedented sickness, cases of fever have been very numerous, and in many instances whole families have been laid aside by this afflictive dispensation. The Society has now upwards of 800 cases on the books, and Many others are daily presented to their notice; these are duly in vestigated by above 300 gratuitous visitors, whose chief regret is t hat the means are so inadequate to the wants of their suffering fellow creatures. The Com m it tee, therefore, confidently appeal to the friends of c ur common humanity i n b e h a lf o f t h ose w h o are su ff er i n g f r o m disease and destitution; trusting that as the Society has for 52 years shared the bounty of the benevolent, it will not now be for saken by its friends, or overlooked by those who may to the present Period have been unacquainted with its existence. The foll ow i ng subscriptions and thankfully acknowledged, togethr will appear in the annual report :- ry Drummond, Esq. £lO 10' ..Jo.rlisn Moore, Esq. lO 0 1 !,1 • Mary Tibbetts Sidebottom Esq 2 2 wLord. George Sev;nouqr.l." 5 2 0 2 illiam Tidl Ja m , 1 , scl s s egler, Esq. 2 0 srs. Drummonds 5 0 3 . ' a dY, Per ditto ... J. ‘Svteph.enson, Esq. ... 5 0 , • Gilbart, Esq. 5 5 ?11.1,es I3entley, Esq. vh Thompson, Esq. 20 0 L t l l s n. . Grenville 5 0 , Ca L ad? Aldersonta. In C. Paget .. 2 21 Treat' and Donations received by Thomas Farmer, Esq., 52 ov er+ Gunnersbury, and 18, London-wall ; Mr. H. Clarke, Cl:_ew B ond -street, and Mr. William Cooper, 104, Wood-street, cier,pside, Secretaries ; Mr. J. Hiley, Assistant-Secretary, So- S e P ° lee, IM, London-wall; Messrs. Hoare, Bankers to the fore, Fleet-strset ; Messrs. Currie, 2g, Cornhill ; Messrs.Whit ,,,a;, \\rolls, and Co., Lombard-street ; Messrs. Harnmersley, Pall -1)41 Messrs. Drummonds, Charing-sross; Messrs. Williams, street;cein, and Co., I3irchin-lane ; Messrs. Ashley and Son, Regent ebard Messrs. Saunders and Binning, Fleet-street; Messrs. Hat ]) P ‘ c " d illY; and Mr. Nisbet, Berners-street. have onors whose addresses are not knows, and to whom reports !herefore not been sent, are respectfully Society's o make ap 'atlon for them to the Secretaries; or at the office, _ donations, recently received, are r vsith a few smaller sums, which Lady Buxton... ......... 0 Peter Grant, Esq. Lord John Fitzroy Rev. Robert Hall 5 0 F. Stephenson, Esq. A New Year's Gift, by Mr. Clarke Countess of Kingston Kinlock, Esq ... 2 0 Rev. G. Gore ... 2 0 Le soleil luit pour tout le monde The Misses Savage, a ♦aluable Donation of Children's clothing,and 1 0 Just published, Gratis, BULL'S NEW SYSTEM of Supplying FAMILIES, BOOK-SOCIETIES, gee. throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland, with all the New and valuable Publications, Magazines, and Reviews, regularly for Peru sal. Full particulars of its advantages, with a List annexed •f all the New Publications, can be had or sent by Post, as a Single Letter, on application to Mr. BULL, Librarian, 19, Holles-street, four doors from Cavendish-square. GONOSS, EX INGLIS, WISE, CANTON. FORTY-EIGHT superb GONOSS have been imported in the Inglis, by Messrs. LYON and Co., 25, PRINCE'S-STREET, EDINBURGH; selected at Canton by the Supercargo expressly for their sale, and are ;allovved [by com petent judges to be the finest ever brought to Europe. A List, giving the Diameter and Prices, will be forwarded by Post, on application as above. TO CANTEEN MAKERS, SADDLERS, TINMEN, TAILORS, AND OTHERS. AS Troops are going to Canada, I recommend to your notice a PORTABLE CANTEEN, LEATHER BAG, NEST of TINS, a COATIE or SPENCER, and other ARTICLES, useful on Active Service. The Patterns are in the Naval and Military Museum, Whitehall-yard, where you may see them ; and I hope they will add to your business, and to the corn fort of my Brothers in Arms when in a Bivouac. GEORGE GUNNING, Lieut. H.P. lit Dragoon Guards. CONSIGNMENT OF QUARTER PIPES of PORT and SHERRY . , of high character, imported ex pressly for private trade, and are strongly recommended to Gen!le men and Families in the country, as being the most economical mode of purchasing, and ensuring a genuine Wine of fine quality. They will be forwarded direct from the Docks to the Purchaser, duty, and every expense in London included, at the under-men tioned Cash Prices :—First-class Port (the (nest that can be ob tained), 231. ; Second-class ditto (very excellent), 201. ; First class Sherry (the finest gold coloar), 231.: Seeond-class ditto (very excellent), 21/. 10s. GEO. HENEKEY and Company, Gray's Inn Wino Establishment, :23, High Holborn, London. Note.—The Port, Ms. and 33.9, per dozen; Sherry, 3Ge. to 4!i. SALES BY AUCTION. AT 21, BUDGE-ROW. On TtrunsnAY, 18th January, 1838, at Twelve o'Clock precisely, By Order of the LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the ADMI- • - -- RALTY, AQUANTITY of SUPERIOR WARM CLOTHING, consisting of Pea, Monkey, and Blue Cloth Jackets, White Spotted and Blue Knitted Worsted Jackets, Flush ing Trowsers, Swanskin and Flannel Drawers, Blankets, Cotton Shirts, Duck Frocks, and Trowsers, Wadmill Hose and Shoes, with Navy and Marine Accoutrements, &c. &c. Catalogues in time by JOS. BOWMAN, 21, Budee-row% MR. HODGSON will SELL, at his Great Room, 192, Fleet-street, on FRIDAY, Jan. 12, and Five following days, at Half-past Twelve. _ VALUABLE BOOKS, Including the LIBRARY of an ARCHITECT, leaving Eng land; also the STOCK o f a COUNTRY BOOKSELLER, by order of the Assigneess. Among which are, FOLlO.—Antichita di Ercolano, 9 vols. ; Montfaucon's Anti quities, 15 vols., large paper; Moreri Dictionaire Historique, avec Supp., 10 vols; Augustini Opera, 8 vols. ; Grwvii et Gronovii Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanorum, 45 vols. ; Lutheri Opera, 4 vols. ; Russell's Indian Serpents, 2 vols. coloured ; Adam's Archi tectural Works ; Taylor's and Cresy's Rome, 2 vols. ; Critici Saeri, 9 vols. ; Morant's Essex, 2 vols. ; Launoii Opera, 5 vols. ; Per kins's Works, 3 vols. ; Cocceii Opera, 10 vols. ; Campbell, Woolfe, and Gandon's Vitruvius, 5 vols. QUART o.—Britton's Architectural Antiquities and Cathedrals, large paper, 10 vols. ;llin Antiquites Naturales, Y vols. ; Trans actions of the Horticultural Society, 12 vols. ; Philosophical Trans actions, 1788 to 1836 ; Cook's Voyages, with folio plates, 9 vols. ; Archwologia, 1819 to 1837 ; Fleury Histoire Ecclesiastique, 36 vols. OCTAVO, &c.—Wa]pole's Painters and Engravers, 5 vols. ; Donovan's Naturalist's Repository, 5 vols., coloured; Pickering's Aldine Poets, 34 vols. ; Gell's Pompeiana, 2 vols. &c., To be viewed and Catalogues had. PUBLICATIONS. This day, price One Shilling. qr : HE PRINCIPLE of NATIONAL ECCLE SIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENTS examined by the SCRIPTURES. By J. COLE. London: Effingham, Wilson, Royal Exchange. THE NEW NOVEL. In 3 ♦ols., post Bvo., T IT EELOPE M E N T, A NOVEL. By the Author of " Robert D'Artois." IS NOW READY. And may he had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. NOW READY, price Is., 1 4 01 t D BROUGHAM'S SPEECH on the CIVIL LIST. James Ridgway and Sons, Piccadilly. Also, I. LORD BROUGHAM'S SPEECH on the BUSINESS of PARLIAMENT, Is. 2. LORD BROUGHAM'S SPEECH on IMPRISONMENT for DEBT, Is. 3. SELECTIONS from the SPEECHES and WRITINGS of LORD BROUGHAM. Byo. 7s. 6d. Publisod this day, prise 6d., No. IL, and to bs completed in a few days. THE CANADIAN PORTFOLIO. Conducted by J. A. ROEBUCK, and other friends of Canada. This publieation will contain a faithful exposition of the causes that hare produced the civil war in Canada, together with the va rious official documents necessary to elucidate and support the his tory of this disgraceful contest. Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-row. THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE (No. II.) of SATURDAY Next, price Three Halfpence, will contain : The Old Man of the Caves—Original Anecdote of the immortal Hero Kosciusko—Early Painters of Italy—New Year's Day—The Natives of Otaheite—David, the Painter—Ancient Map—Singular Discovery—Reviews of New Books, Poetry, Science, Miscellany, &c. &c. &c. Published by B. Allen, 2, Upper St. Alartin's-lane, and sold by all Booksellers and Newsvenders in Town and Country. Price Three Halfpence. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN AIARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. P. ase. Per Quarter. s, to s. s. to s. s. to s. 3. to S. S. t* S. Abingdon----- 44 50 30 34 22 30 38 Andover 47 52 29 31 25 43 30 48 30 40 10 2'2 Bridport 28 50 32 36 26 30 30 Cirencester 44 51 27 32 20 25 32 40 35 46 26 30 26 go 46 Guildford 38 54 211 35 2)) 30 4C Henley----- 42 58 26 32 23 26 43 flereford 35 49 26 32 22 2)) 46 40 flighworth --- 42 00 32 42 21 34 Maidenhead .—...... 32 18 21 33 20 26 34 44 34 46 48 32 34 22 2.9 34 40 Reading --- 34 37 25 33 29 27 33 42 35 Salisbury ----. 44 51 30 34 20 0 8 41 46 Southampton ...... 45 5.! 33 40 28 32 42 Stroud Tewkesbury ....... 51 35 ...... 2.9 32 40 -- Uxbridge 40 48 28 32 il7 28 40 42 Wantage* . 32 52 24 34 20 25 33 42 33 4S Warminster 30 40 27 34 22 26 36 40 ,59 21 29 Worcester l .5.3 56 32 36 30 32 46 .46 48 LEWES M A RKE I.—Jan. 9. Per Quaver. a. d. to s. d. Per Quarter. s. d. to s. d. Wheat, White ... 56 0 53 0 Oats ited sarley 32 0 6 Oil Cake...! 1). per Thouslod. HULL I%IA ItKET.—Jan. J. Wheat, Old Stis 5:14, 555. New 44,5. Ir's 54a. Foreign Oats, Poland --s 123 a. 2.4 s . ..... Old —a. 245. 20.. Small ar Feed.... —a. l6s. 185 —s. —s ':,'os. -- Foreign —B. —a. 3 Barley, Norf. & Suf ... 2as —s. 325. Linc. & Wold —a. ‘2Bl. 3%. Foreign Beans 3fis. :Is. 40s. Foreign Pease, White...—. ..... 445. 455. 40s. Grey ....... 315. 265. 38;. Tares ....... 3ss. --1. 37s Foreign 365. 384. 4Cs. Rapeseed, In bond n0ne..,.,,,,,, Free, per last 231, 25!. Os. EXTRACT OF A DESPATCH PROM THP. Harm OF GOSFORD TO LORD GLENELG, DATED CASTLE ST. LEWIS, MARCH 8, 1837. A feeling of dissatisfaction with the Assembly, in regard to its proceedings in the last short sessien, is spreading, but not tone to such an extent as to induce me to suppose that a dis solution at this moment would be desirable ; but if an appeal /las now made to the people, I am sure what is termed the majority in the Assembly would experience a diminution in hir ranks ; but, under existing circumstances, I see no posi ,ive substantial good to result from a dissolution. Recourse might be had to such a measure, when you hsve determined on the line you mean to adopt for relieving the province from .ts present state of embarrassment. Coercion, abruptly adopted, might prove fatal, and such a step is, therefore, to be deprecated, nor can it be justified, except as a deriaier re sort after all attempts of a constitutional character shall have failed ; but liberality, I am sure, will not be lost sight of by the present Government in any course that may be taken, and whatever is arranged should, I think, be in its character, as far as circumstances will admit, conditional, and made to ap pear as an act of necessity, resorted to only to ward off the evils with which the country is oppressed and threatened. No. V. COPT OP A DESPATCH FROM LOAD OLENSLG TO THE EARL OF GOSPORD, DATED DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 29, 1837. My Lord--I have the honour to inform you that the reso lutions on the affairs of Lower Canada, a copy of which was transmitted to you in my despatch of the 11th ult., have all been affirmed by the House of Commons, after a very full dis cussion, and in those instances in which divisions took place by large majorities. I enclose for your Lordship's informa tion extracts from the votes and proceedings of the House, containing a statement of the several divisions which have taken place on this subject since I last addressed you. The introduction of the Bill to be founded on these resolutions must be postponed until after the opinion of the House of Lords shall have been taken on them ; but I have every rea son to anticipate that it will be submitted to Parliament with in a very short period. So soon as the resolutions shall have been 'disposed of by the House of Lords I shall address to your * Lordship full instructions on the steps which should b• adopted under existing circumstances, especially with refe rence to the composition of both the Legislative and Execu tive Councils. No. VI. EXTRACT OF • DISPATCH PROM LORD OLENILO TO TH EARL OF GOSFOED, DATED DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 29, 1837. ln declining to act at once on the recom men d a ti o ns which you submitted in the course of last year for an extensive altera tion in the composition of the two Councils, I trust I need not assure you that nothing was further from my intention than to imply the slightest disapprobation of the course which you had taken in transmitting to me those recommendations ; on the contrary, I received them as an additional proof of the earnest desire which you have always evinced to leave no constitutional means untried to effect an adjustment of the unhappy differences which have so long agitated and distracted the province. The sole ground of my postponing at that time a decision on those recommendations was, that his Majesty's Government were convinced that it was indispensable to consider the whole of the main questions in dispute at one and the same time, after they should have received from the Commissioners a full and final Report on the topics which had been referred to them. That time has now arrived, and you will have already been informed that it is our intention to advise his Majesty to make an addition to the Legislative Council, by a careful selection of men of property, character, and influence, in the province, of liberal views, and entitled to the respect and confidence of the public ; but not committed to the extreme opinions to which I am willing to hope, from your recent in formation, many who have hitherto countenanced them are not disposed pertinaciously to adhere. We are also fully prepared to sanction a re-construetion of the Executive Council. I need not here repeat the regret and reluctance with which the Government have felt themselves bound to pro pose to Parliament the adoption of a course which they would gladly have avoided had any less objectionable means beon within their reach of satisfying those claims, the urgency of which has been so forcibly and repeatedly pressed on us by the commissioners. In yielding to the necessity thus im posed on us we have not been insensible to the obligation which we fully admit of conceding to the Assembly what. ever in their demands was not inconsistent with the integrity of the empire and the good faith of the British Parliament. In the policy to be hereafter pursued I trust that the errors of past times will be avoided, and that his Majesty's subjects of all classes in Lower Canada will recognize an earnest de sire on the part of the Imperial Government toy-emote, by , a just, libsgstl, and impastial Administration of public affair=, the welfare and prosperity of the province, and to meet the deliberate wishes of the inhabitants to the fullest extefft'Which is compatible with their relation to this country. In the present unhappy state of feeling between contending parties, I need scarcely observe that great caution and cir cumspection must be requisite, in order to avoid the risk of widening existin: differences and increasing heats and jealousies, which I am well aware it is your constant aim to mitigate and allay. lam fully alive to the responsibility which rests on you, and to the difficulties which must present themselves at so critical a moment, especially in the selection of individuals for offices of trust and confidence, but I am happy in being able to rely on the judgment and discretion which you have hitherto evinced. No. VII. COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM LORD CILENBLO TO THE EARL OF GOSFORD, DATED DOWNING-STREET, MAY 9 2, 1837. My Lord—l have the honour to inform you that the resolu tions on the affairs of Lower Canada, which you are already aware had been adopted by the House of Commons, having been subsequently communicated at a conference to the House of Peers, have been assented to by their Lordships without a division. In pursuance of those resolutions, it is the intention of his Majesty's Government immediately to introduce into Parliament a Bill, which, in addition to the authority with which it is proposed to invest the Governor to discharge the arrears due for the various public services in the colony, will embrace such of the other topics comprised in the resolutions as require a legislative sanction. In the meantime, and until you receive the direct sanction of an Act of Parliament, you will not consider yourself at liberty to depart from the ordi nary course to bo observed in the appropriation of any portion of the public revenue, which has hitherto been subject to the control of the Provincial Legislature. The opinion, indeed, which has already been so clearly expressed by both Houses of the Imperial Parliament, as to the necessity of investing you with this authority, leaves no room for doubt as to the result of the proposal of the requisite enactment for this purpose ; but his Majesty's Government are still willing to hope that the exercise of the power to be intrusted to you may not be ren dered unnecessary by the intervention of the Provincial Legis lature. To avoid the necessity of violating one of the great principles of the Canadian Constitution we have been willing o make every sacrifice excepting that of the honour of the Crown and th© integrity of the empire ; and even now we are anxious that the experiment should be tried whether yet a pos sibility remains of reconciling the assertion of those permanent interests with the maintenance of the principles of the Parlia mentary Charter of 1791. The interval which must elapse before the proposed Bill can have passed both Houses of Parliament and have been transmitted to your Lordship, affords an opportunity, of which his Majesty's Government arc happy to avail them selves of inviting the House of Assembly to reconsider the course by which they have attempted to enforce their do mands, after they shall have been made acquainted with the deliberate opinion of both Houses of Parliament on the several points at issue. The King would not authorise your Lord ship to submit to the Assembly any proposal derogatory from the high estimation which justly attaches to the representatives of the Canadian people; but his Majesty is assured that no real dishonour or well-founded reproach would be incurred by the House if that which has been refused to the Executive Government, acting alone, and unsupported by the British Parliament, should be conceded to the united voice of the Im perial Legislature. In this hope, and resolved to omit no possible effort for re conciling these differences, his Majesty commands me to in struct your Lordship on the receipt of this despatch to con vene the Provincial Legislature for the earliest day at which it can be conveniently called togeth er . It i s , i n deed, possible tha t circumstances with which I am unacquainted, but of which your Lordship w ill b e i n p ossess i on , ma y ren der a strict ad herence to this injunction i nex p e di en t. I n that case a 0 dis cretion will, o f course , rema i n w i t h you as t o the precise period for which the Legislature should be summoned. Any delay, h owever , not i mperat i ve l y d eman d e d b y t h e force of such circumstances appears to me undesirable. You will communicate to them, on their meeting, the pro ceedings which have taken place in Parliament, an the re solutions which have been adopted on the affairs of Lower Canada ; you will express to them the deep regret and reluc tance with which his Majesty's Government have yielded to the necessity of invoking the interference of Parliament in order to meet the pressing difficulties which other resources had failed to remove in the administration of the affairs of the province. You will further express to the House of Assembly the anxious hope that you may not bo compelled to exercise the extreme power with which Parliament has declared its intention of investing you, in order to discharge the arrears due for public services in the colony, for the payment of which the faith of the Crown has been repeatedly pledged. You will inform them that the chief object with which they are called together at present is, that before tho Bill founded on the resolutions shall reach Lower Canada, they may have s opportunity of rendering that part of it which rests on the Bth resolution unnecessary and inoperative, by a grant of the supplies requisite for the purposes for which it is intended to provide. You will further express to them the earnest desire of his Majesty's Government to co-operate with them in the emoval of every obstacle to the beneficial working of the existing Constitution, and in the correction of every defect No. IX. EXTRACT or A DISPATCTI PROM THE EARL OP 005 FORD TO LORD GLENELO, DATED CASTLE ET. LEWIS, MAT 6, 1837. I shall retain your letter to Sir Colin Campbell, seeing no sort of necessity at present for augmenting the military force of this province. I have communicated to Sir John Col borne my wish to have a regiment always stationed at Mon treal; but I have not the least expectation of anything serious. If a dissolution of the present Parliament wore to take place there might be some broken heads, but nothing in the shape of general or combined commotion. I shall write to Sir Francis Head, and mention the military arrangements about to take place. No. XI. COPT OF ♦ DESPATCH FROM LORD OLENISLO TO THE rAnr, OF OOSFOISD, DATED DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 29, 1837. My Lord—The interruption occasioned to the progress of the public business of the present session of Parliament by the melancholy event of the demise of kis late Majesty, ren ders it necessary for me to address you without delay as to the course which it is proposed to adopt with reference to ex isting affairs in Lower Canada. Her Majesty's Government feel that, in the prospect of an early dissolution of Parlia ment, it is impossible, consistently with a due regard to the public interest, to proceed during the present session with several important measures already under the consideration of Parliament, but still in an incomplete state, and not less so to introduce any new measure the immediate necessity for which is lot so urgent as to render even a temporary postponement impracticable. Under these circumstances it has been deter mined not to submit to Parliament during the present session the Bill to which I referred in my despatch of the 22d ult., and which was to have been founded on the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament on the affairs of Lower Canada. While postponing measures of great public interest and im- , portance connected with the affairs of this country, her Majesty's Government cannot but think that it would be un advisable to adopt a different course with regard to a measure affecting the privileges of the Legislature of Lower Canada. Much as they have always lamented the necessity of adopting such a measure under any circumstances, they would at the present moment feel a peculiar reluctance in resorting to it, as they would deeply regret that one of the first Legislative Acts of the reign of her Most Gracions Majesty should carry even the semblance of an ungracious spirit towards the Repre sentatives of her Majesty's loyal and faithful subjects in that province. At the same time, her Majesty's Government have not overlooked the necessity of making immediate provision for the discharge of the arrears due for public services in the colony ; and with this view they have resolved to propose to the House of Commons that a vote of credit should be passed for the advance, by way of loan from the funds of this coun try, of t h e sum required for the payment of the arrears. In the meantime I will only express my earnest hope that the House of Assembly may recognise in the course recommended by her Majesty's Government a sincere desire to abstain from !my interference with their rights and privileges which is not imperatively demanded by the force of existing circumstances, and that the result of the approaching Session of the Provin cial Legislature may be such as to relieve her Majesty's Go vernment from the necessity of submittieg to Parliament in a future Session any enactment founded on the eighth of the series of resolutions which have been agreed to by Parliament. No. XIII. COPY OF A DEXPATCH FROM LORD OLINELO TO TAB EARL OF GOSFORD, DATED DOWNING-STREET, JULY 14, 1837. My Lord—ln proceeding to execute the duty of selecting for inanediate and provisional appoi n tm en t s n i ne new Council lors your Lordship will be guided by the principles laid down in the third report of the Commissioners of Inquiry. On ma ture reflection her Majesty's Government are convinced of the foresight and wisdom by which the advice of the Commission ers on this subject has been dictated ; and, without affecting to substitute any language of my own for theirs, I will, to prevent misapprehension, transcribe, although at the expense of a very long quotation, the precise passages of the report to which it is her Majesty's intention that effect should be given. They are as follows:- 1. " We are of opinion that, although not liable to be changed at the will of the Assembly, the Executive Council should be so composed as to secure as much as possible of the confidence of the people. 3. " Our own opinion is, that although the holding of office under the Crown ought not to be a disqualification, yet the number of office-holders in the Council should never be con siderable, probably not more than on an average one in four. We should fu, thee say that there are some functionaries whose duties are such as to render it inexpedient to place them in the Executive Council, such, for instance, as the Civil Secre tary of the Governor and the Attorney-General. The close connection of the Civil Secretary with the Governor appears to us to furnish obvious reasons against his belonging to the Council; and with respect to the Attorney-General, as he is, in the matter of public prosecutions, and in other duties, in some degree the servant of the Council, it would be some wisat incongruous that he should sit in it also. 4. " We recommend that it should never consist of a greater number than fifteen, nor (for any period exceeding six conse cutive months) of less than nine. It seems that this interval of six months should be allowed to obviate any difficulties s sbich might be experienced in filling up the Council on the occasion of any change of its members. 9. " We should suggest, although of course no imperative rule cart be laid down upon the subject, that in the Executive Council there should be at least one, and not more than three, Legislative Councillors ; at least two, and not more than five Members of the Assembly; some gentlemen belonging to the class of landed proprietors, an d o th ers con n ec ted w ith com merce ; one individual at the least of the legal profession ; and that of the persons chosen for the Council, it should be endea voured to take a moderate proportion from different dis tricts of the province, though it will be necessary that a num ber sufficient to ensure at all times a quorum should be resi dent at or near the seat of Government. 10. " We think that the appointment of the Councillors should not be made to last during good behaviour, nor require for its termination the assignment of any fault, but that the Governor should he able to remove them whenever, on general grounds, he might deem it advisable, reporting his reasons without delay to the Secretary of State. 21. " That whatever number of Members of either branch of the Legislature may be included in the Executive Council all communication; to the Provincial Parliament shall con tinue to be made, as now, by message. 22. " That no oath of secrecy shall be taken, and that the Members of the Executive Council shall not be considered solemnly bound to secrecy, except on occasions when the Go vernor may summon, them expressly to form a council of secrecy, or resolve any meeting into such a Council. 25. " There can be no hesitation in pronouncing the apel late jurisdiction entirely unsuited to the Executive Council, and full of objection. We think it far preferable that his Majesty should be empowered to assent to any Act which may hereafter be passed in the province than that the British Par liament should itself enact a new law on the mode of deter mining appeals in Canada." I have to convey to your Lordship her Majesty's commands, that you do give effect to such parts of the suggestions of the Commissioners of Inquiry already quoted as, in the exercise of her Majesty's delegated prerogative, it may be competent for you to carry into execution, and ttat you avail yourself of the earliest opportunity of bringing under the consideration of tho Council, after the new appointments shall have been made, the question by what authority and by what instruments can effect be most conveniently given to such of those suggestions as it is beyond the competency of your Lordship, as Governor of the province, to carry into execution. NO. XIV. COPT OF A DESPATCH FROM LORD GLENRLO TO Till EARL OF 00S- POFt D 2 DATED DOWNING-STRIMT, JULY 14, 1837. My Lord_l n my despatch of the 29th of June, No. 225, I apprized your Lordship that, in consequence of the demise of the Crown, and of tho approaching dissolution of Parliament, it bad been resolved to propose to the House of Commons a vote of credit for the advance, by way of loan, out of the funds of this country, cf a sum of money adequate to the pay ment of the arrears due to her Majesty's civil servants in Lower Canada. I have now to announce to your Lordship that on the 3d instant the House of Commons resolved that a sum of 142,180/. 14s. 4d. should be placed at her Majesty's disposal for this purpose ; and that vote having been incorporated into the Appropriation Act, has acquired the force of law. My instructions of the 22d of May have, therefore, to a con siderable extent ceased to be applicable to this new and al tered state of the question. As it is not now proposed imme diately, and in the first instance, to draw the funds from the Provincial Treasury, the motives which dictated even an ex treme forbearance in the use of the resources placed by Par liament at your Lordship's disposal have lost some of their original force. Further, as the money necessary for the pay ment of the debt is now available for that purpose, the mo tives for proceeding at once to satisfy the demands of the public creditors have acquired some additional strength. It might, therefore, seem that nothing further remained for me than to instruct your Lordship forthwith to draw upon the Lords of the Treasury for the amount of tie Parliamentary vote. At this distance from the scene of action, and under cir cumstances so new and peculiar, I am, however, unwilling to lay upon your Lordship any inflexible injunction, which in some possible contingencies you might find it imprudent to follow, and hazardous to disregard. The present is an occasion on which I cannot withhold from her Majesty's local representative some latitude of discussion, or relieve your Lordship from the responsibility attendant on the exercise of a discretionary power. The time has passed away in which it was right to pause and to deliberate, and if no reasonable hope should present itself of' an amicable close of this protracted discussion, it could not be too soon terminated by acting at once upon the Parliamentary vote. I have therefore to convey to your Lord ship the authority of her Majesty's Government, either to draw on the Lords of the Treasury immediately for the sum voted by Parliament, or to defer that measure, if for some brief in terval. But it is only a very short postponement which I can, in any case or under any circumstances, sanction. The course on which her Majesty's Government have most reluctantly entered has been taken under the influence of no light or ordi nary motives. To retreat from it, even were retreat now prac ticable, would be inconsistent with their most deliberate sense of public duty. Deprecating, therefore, every appearance of vacillation where no doubt really exists, it is not without regret that I now convey to your Lordship instructions which con template even the possibility of further delay. Ycu will, how ever, I am convinced, receive and act upon them in the spirit in which they are written, neither blighting any real promise of conciliation by undue haste, nor encouraging the disaffected by any appearance of alarm and hesitation. Either by a grant from the local Legislature, or by drafts on the Lords of the Treasury, the payment of the public servants of the Crown in Lower Canada mast be effected within a short time after my present despatch shall have reached your Lordship's hand. No. X VI. COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM TIE EARL OF OOSFORD TO LORD OLENELO, DATED CASTLE ST. LEWIS, MAY 25, 1837. My Lord,—The very violent party who were alone active in calling a meeting of the county of Richelieu, on the 7th instant, to express their indignation at Lord John Russell's resolutions, feel much disappointed from the numbers and re spectability of the assembly falling so very far short of their expectations. I send you a copy of the resolutions, and it is unnecessary for me to occupy your time in commenting upon them, as they will speak for themselves. I may, however, state, from authority which I have no reason to doubt, that Mr. d'Eschambant, a seigneur of the county, who is reported in the newspapers of that party to have moved the second re , solution, was not present at the meeting, being confined at the time by illness; and that the 10th resolution, for raising a tri bute for Mr. Papineau, though reported by the same organs to have passed unanimously, was not even proposed at the meeting. Another meeting of the county of Montreal, and called by the same parties, took place on the 15th inst. at St. Laurent, which was attended by Mr. Papineau, who made a long speech in his usual violent strain, and full of misrepre sentations. I also enclose a copy of the resolutions there passed. In order to give your Lordship some idea of the feelings generally prevalent, as regards the political views and objects of the principal actors in these proceedings, I moat remark that these meetings were held, one on a Sunday at the church-door, after divine service, and the other on a fete day, for the purpose of swelling the number of auditors, by including those who were drawn there for the performance of their religious duties; even with this assistance, the numlsers at the meeting of the county of Richelieu, including men, women, and children, fell very far short, I am informed, of the statement in the Vindicator, viz., " upwards of 1,200 freeholders ;" and the number at the St. Laurent assembly, stated on the same authority to exceed 700, did not, from the accounts I have received from various quarters, exceed, in cluding all descriptions of persons, three hundred indivi duals ; which is the more remarkable from the meeting being field in th e most popu l ous county, an d w i t hi n a f ew m il es o f the city of Montreal ; and I understand that Mr. La Fon tein, M. P. P. for Terrebonno, one of the moist ultra of the party who was to have addressed the meeting, decliited, from the paucity of hearers. Some other meetings have been held in different parts of the country which have proved failures, and others are in contemplation, which I have no doubt will share the same fate. All this tends to confirm me in the opinion I gave in a former letter as to the probability of a change in public opinion, and that the Canadians were beginning to dis cover the real views of the Ultras. I must, however, here observe that the feeling agaiast the Imperial Parliament au thorising the taking of money out of the chest is very strong, and even those who reprobate the withholding of the supplies by the Assembly cannot refrain from an expression of disap probation at this part of Lord John Russell's resolutions. I cannot contemplate the present posture of affairs without con sidering how far it may be desirable, should the sentiment of distrust rgaiast the Papineau party, to which I have alluded, become more marked and decided, to dissolve the Par liament ; and, indeed, my present impression inclines me te a dissolution ; for a new Parliament would, I con ceive, possess materials much more likely than the ex isting one to appreciate ' any measures you might adopt for meeting the difficulties tinder which the province is now labouring ; and should such measures be of a con ditional nature, that is, to be enforced in the event of a continued refusal on the part of the Assembly to permit the Government to go on, it would still have a greater chance of acceptance, and thus the more obnoxious course of applying the money without the consent of the Representatives here, might become unnecessary. If, in addition to this, the Le gislative Council should be at the same time liberalised, and an efficient Executive Council established, matters might get on smoothly. You may know of difficulties and impediments to this plan of which I cannot see the force. Nothing is more erroneous, in my opinion, than the supposition that the French Canadians are a disloyal body. I have every reason to believe the contrary. I have not the slightest apprehension of any serious commotion coming out of these meetings, which, as far as regards the district of Montreal, are planned and con cocted, and the resolutions framed by the same individuals, few in number, who it is understood are desirous of substi tuting a Republican for the existing form of Government. [Here follow the resolutions passed at the public meetings referred to in the despatch, which have already appeared in The Sun.] No. XVII. @OPT OF ♦ DREPATCH PROM THE EARL OF GOSPORD TO LORD GLE- N ELO, DATED CASTLE !T. LEWIS, QUEBEC, JUNE 10, 1837. My Lord--In consequence of meetings held and about, to be held in different parts of the province, I cannot conceal from you my impression that a system of organisation, under the influence and guidance of Mr. Papinoau, and a few de signing individuals ready to execute his purposes, is at this moment going on. Under this conviction, I am prepared to adopt prompt measures, should they be necessary, to check the evil in its infancy. I contemplate therefore issuing a proclamation, warning the people against the misrepresentaticns and machi nations of the designing, and exercising the dizcretion you confided to me for increasing the military force here, by des patching your letter to Sir Colin Campbell, with a request for one of the regiments now stationed at Halifax. I must repeat that these steps would not be dictated by the apprehension of any serious commotion, for I have every reason to believe that the mass of the Canadians are loyal and con tented, but from the persuasion that the presence of a larger military force in this proviroe might of itself prevent the occurrence of any disturbance, by deterring the ill-disposed, securing the wavering, and giving confidence to the timid. NO. XVIII. COTT OF A DESTATCII FROM THE EARL OF GOSF•RD TO LORD OLENELG, DATED CASTLE OF ST. LEWIS, QUEBEC, 15 JUNE, 1837. My Lord,—With reference to my despatch of the 10th inst., I have the honour to acquaint you that, for the reason therein stated, I thought it advisable, on furth:r reflection, at once to forward your letter to Sir Colin Campbell, with a request that he would send to this province one of the regiments under his command ; and I hare also, with the advice of the Executive Council, this day issued a proclamation, of which I enclose a copy for your Lordship's information. [Here follows the proclamation of Lord Gosford, which has already appeared in our columns.] No. XIX. COPT OF A DESPATCH FROM LORD GLENELQ TO THE EARL OF GOSFORD, DATED DOWNINO-STREET, JULY 22, 1837. My Lord,—l have had the honour to receive your despatch of the loth of June, No. 60, reporting the measures which you had felt it your duty to adopt, in consequence of certain proceedings which had occurred at public meeting• in Lower Canada, called for the purpose of expressing opiniois on the resolutions, relative to Lower Canada, lately passed by both Houses of the Imperial Parliament. Her Majesty commands me to convey to you her approba tion of the measures which you have reported, although the Queen deeply regrets that any circumstances should have oc curred to render them necessary. Fully appreciating, how ever, the difficulty of the situation in which you are placed, her Majesty feels assured that, with the forbearance and self command necessary to the safe conduct of the public affairs of Lower Canada in the present exigency, you will combine such decision and firmness as will effectually establish the public confidence, if it should unhappily be necessary to re sort to the use of the powers with which the law has entrusted you. ( Signed) I hare, &c., GLENELG. No. XXIII. EXTRACT OF A DESPATCU FROM TUE EARL OF GOSFORD TO LORD GLENELO, DATED CASTLE OF ST. LEWIS, JULY 4, 1837. Lest you should draw your conclusions of what is going on hero from such statements as those made in the Mincrwe and Vindicator newspapers, I am induced to write a short letter, merely to acquaint you that Mr. Papincau, with a few of his party, have been actively employed in attending meetings in different parts of this province, with the view of exciting and inflaming the minds of the people (nominally) against Lord J. Russell's resolutions ; but in fact to disseminate doctrines of an illegal and seditious tendency. The papers above-men ;,COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM THE EARL OF GOSFORD TO LORD GLENELO, DATED CASTLE ST. LEWIS, QUEBEC, Jt'Llt 11, 1837. My Lord—hi my despatch of the 15th ultimo (No. 60) I informed your Lordship that in consequence of the meetings for objects of an illegal nature held and about to be held in different parts of the province, I had deemed it necessary to issue the proclamation of which I enclosed you a copy, and to request from Sir Colin Campbell a reinforcement of the troops here, to the extent of one regiment ; and I now propose to acquaint yokt with the steps I have taken, and the events that have occurred in this matter since the transmission of that despatch. Shortly after the issuing of the proclamation, and in order to publish it as extensively as possible, I took advantage of the assemblage and review of the militia, which occurs annu ally throughout the province on the 29th of June, to order, as Captain-General of that body, that the proclamation should be read at the head of each regiment. This order was com plied with in the great majority of instances, but in some I be lieve it was disobeyed, and even treated with contempt. I have not, however, yet received any official information on these points, except in one case, that of Lieutenant-Colonel Raizenne, commanding the 3d battalion in the county of Two-Mountains, where the spirit of violence and agitation has most strongly developed itself. This individual declared his intention not to read the proclamation in a letter addressed to the provincial secretary for my information, the tone and tenor of which was such as to aggravate the offence. I have accordingly caused it to be intimated to Mr. Raizenne that, in consequence of disobedience to orders, his Majesty had no further need of his services. Some of the magistrates also have, lam informed, acted improperly on this occasion. One a Dr. M. F. Valois, of the country of Montreal, whose conduct has been officially brought before me, I have called on for en explanation, and if it be not given, or prove unsatisfactory, I shall feel it my duty at once to strike him out of the commis sion of the peace. Before quitting the subject of meetings, I must mention one that took place on the 6th instant, in the city of Mon treal, of quite an opposite nature to those I have already no ticed. It was called by a requisition, signed by upwards of 1,200 individuals, and was far more numerously attended than any that had yet been held, the numbers bring estimated at about 4,000, amongst whom were many of French Canadian origin, of great respectability, and some who had hitherto gone with the Papineau party. The objects of the resolutions that were passed, four in number, and copies of which are inclosed, arc to justify the measures of the Imperial7Parlia ment, on the ground of their being rendered necessary by the refusal of the Assembly to grant the requisite appropriations for the administration of justice, and the support of the Civil Government of the Province ; to disapprove of the conduct of the Assembly in refusing to proceed with the public busi ness ; to reprobate in strong terms the resolutions adopted and measures recommended at the meetings of the opposite party and, finally, to express a conviction that all real grievances will be fully redressed by her Majesty's Government. and that a continued connection of the Province with Great Britain ie essentially necessary for the prosperity and improvement of the former. It is intended, I understand, shortly to have a meeting of a similar nature in this city. I have mentioned to your Lordship that the greatest excite ment and violence appears to have been displayed in the county of the Two-Mountains, and this has gone to the length of in juring the property and discharging fire arms into the houses of some who are loyally disposed, and refuse to join the ranks or participate in the opinions of their political opponents. One or two acts of this description having come officially to my know ledge, I instantly issued a proclamation, offering a reward for the apprehension of the offenders, and despatched the Attor ney-General to Montreal, which is in the district and near the spot where the outrages have been committed, with instructions to adopt prompt and vigorous measures for maintaining the supremacy of the laws and bringing its violators to justice. These measures, and the a rr i va l f rom H a lif ax o f t h e 83d Regi ment in two vessels of war, which have just come into port, will, lam confident, produce tranquillizing and excellent re sults throughout the province ; and I may close this despatch with a repetition of my conviction that no disturbance or seri ous interruption of the usual course of events is likely to occur. [ Here follow four resolutions, which have already appeared in our columns.] No. XXXII'. EXTRACTS OF A DISPATCH FROM THE EARL OF GOSFORD TO LORD GLENELO (MARKED PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL), DATED CASTLE ST. LEWIS, SEPT. 8, 1837. Of late the meetings of the Pepineau party have been less frequent; one object in having them in so many districts, previous to the meeting of the Legislature, was, no doubt, to influence the votes in the Assembly, and it had this effect. The plan now seems to be to keep the country in a state of excitement by means of a convention, or, an it is termed, a central committee, which meet regularly in Montreal, and at which Mr. Papineau and his party make a point, as I am informed, of attending. It is stated that all orders and in structions to the local committees throughout the province emanate from that body, who prof, ss to publish its proceed ings in the Vindicator and Minerve ; and though these proceedings have evidently a treasonable tendency, they have nut as yet reached such a point as to make it wise or judicious for the executive to institute legal . proceedings against any of the parties concerned. The Attoroey-Ge neral is now in Montreal, and I have strongly urged upon him the necessity of keeping a good look-out, and I am de termined to have recourse to a court of law when an occa sion occurs to justify such a step, but to attempt it without a strong case might do more harm thin good. The inju rious effects that must result from a convention, such as I have alluded to, are obvious. Had the Executive the power of saspending the habeas corpus, it would be in a better posi tion to meet the d'iliculty, should the conduct of the coeven tionslists compel it to have recourse to more vig - orous mea sures than the ordinary course of the law prescribes ; end from the madness ef their acts now, I cannot but ac'mit that there is a possibility of my being driven to the necessity of exercising a power that I should most gladly abstain from, if any other mode presented itself by which the designs of this party could be frustrated. However, should circum stances arise for apprehending such a crisis, it must be met by promptness, firmness, and decision ; to attempt any thing of a temporising character would be weak and futile. I should at once avail myself of the powers confided to me. We can now make no terms with Mr. Papiaeau; you must either put him down, or submit to let him put you down ; then: is no halting between two opinions. By at cnce in creasing the porter of the Executive and suspending the con stitution, you et once paralyse the ch sigrs of these mis chievous men ; it would establish confidence in the minds of these disposed to peace and good government, and at no dis tant period you might be solieited to restore the Constitution to the province, under arrangements beat r calculated to afford satisfaction than could be accomplished by any effort or propo sal in the present state of things; for, until sou nullify Pepi neau's power, you can never be in a position to treat on any thing like fair and liberal terms with a men of his extravagant, uncompromising, destructive views, exercising as he does com plete control over the minds of many who have been too long accustomed to be under his yoke. As I stated former let ters I do not expect any serious comm eioe; at the same time, when I see so many clever unprincipled engines in action, yielding implicit obedience to the mandates of such a man as Mr. Papineau, it is impossible to set limits to the extent ef mischief they may construct. The jealousy that exists between the two origins, is also a powerful instrument in the hands of a Convention, or Central Committee, as be fore alluded to ; and corresponding, as they no doubt do, with various parts of the province. The two extremes are doing incalculable mischief, end must disgust every friend to liberal measures. The feelings of the great body of the French Canadians, are decidedly loyal, and favourable to peace and order—and it now rests with the government by wise and judicious measures, to protect them from the designs of those who are now working upon their credulity by the most gross rnisrepresentetions and contrivances. The jealousy that existed between the two races, I found upon my arrival here had reached such a hOight that from the first I considered it one of the principal obstacles •to a satisfactory edjustment of difficulties. I must, however, observe, that this has greatly diminished ; and I can reckon as friends to my administration a large proportion of the reason able and liberal men cf the province. The ultras on both sides are struggling for ascendancy, and my determined oppo sition to the views of both in this respect, perhaps may in SOME) measure account for their hostility to me, but I cannot relin quish my principles on this point. My situation now is not an enviable one, and, on every pirate comideration„ I stall gladly relinquish it. It is probable and, indeed, reasonable, that if matters here should come to extremities, you would prefer to have a man in my place who hod not so avowedly declared his wish to carry on his government on the principle of conciliation. In stating this, be assured at the same time that I do not shrink from the difficulties which surround me, nor would I wish in any way to embarrass the administration. A public dispatch azcompanies this, which enters more into official details. No. XXXV. COPY OF DESPATCH FROM TIIE EARL OF GOSFOTiD TO LORD GLEN ELG. Castle of St. Lewin, Quk:bee, Sept. 9, 1837. " My Lord—As I have not heard fur the last three or four weeks that any public meetings have taken place similar to those alluded to in the first part of my despatch of thQ 11th of July last, No. 60, 1 begin to conclude that this mode of agita tion has been abandoned for the present. I understand that since its commencement in the early part of Mto lint, upon the ministerial resolutions becoming knasvn in this country, there have Leen held in different parts of the province about twent3-three meetings, styled, by those who convened them, " Anti-coercion meetings." 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